A limited constitutional government calls for a rules-based, freemarket monetary system, not the topsy-turvy fiat dollar that now exists under central banking. This issue of the Cato Journal examines the case for alternatives to central banking and the reforms needed to move toward free-market money.

The more widespread use of body cameras will make it easier for the American public to better understand how police officers do their jobs and under what circumstances they feel that it is necessary to resort to deadly force.

Americans are finally enjoying an improving economy after years of recession and slow growth. The unemployment rate is dropping, the economy is expanding, and public confidence is rising. Surely our economic crisis is behind us. Or is it? In Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis, Cato scholar Michael D. Tanner examines the growing national debt and its dire implications for our future and explains why a looming financial meltdown may be far worse than anyone expects.

The Cato Institute has released its 2014 Annual Report, which documents a dynamic year of growth and productivity. “Libertarianism is not just a framework for utopia,” Cato’s David Boaz writes in his book, The Libertarian Mind. “It is the indispensable framework for the future.” And as the new report demonstrates, the Cato Institute, thanks largely to the generosity of our Sponsors, is leading the charge to apply this framework across the policy spectrum.

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Tom Miller

Miller focuses on restoring individual choice, control and responsibility to the U.S. health care system. He directs a research program that emphasizes expanded health care financing and purchasing options. Specific areas of study include defined contribution alternatives for individuals covered by employer-sponsored health plans, Medical Savings Accounts, restructuring Medicare to increase private insurance options, and unleashing the potential of e-commerce in the health marketplace. His writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and The American Spectator. Before joining Cato, Miller spent 14 years at the Competitive Enterprise Institute as director of economic policy studies and as a senior policy analyst. He previously was a trial attorney, a broadcaster and a journalist. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from New York University and a law degree from Duke University.